Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers, 1857-1928.

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Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers, 1857-1928.

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Consists of correspondence written in English and German with various members of the Garrison and Villard families, among others. Includes many letters of condolence on the death of her son Hilgard in 1890 and on the death of her husband Henry in 1900. Also contains condolence letters addressed chiefly to Oswald Garrison Villard on the death of Fanny Garrison Villard in 1928. Papers include her diaries, speeches, and other material, chiefly concerning the woman's suffrage movement.

22 boxes (11 linear ft.)

ger,

eng,

Houghton Library

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Garrison family.

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Villard, Henry, 1835-1900

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Henry Villard was a journalist, railway promoter, and financier. Born in Bavaria, he came to the United States in 1853. He worked as a journalist for a variety of newspapers and was a Civil War correspondent for the New York Herald and New York Tribune . In 1873 Villard became a representative for a group of German bondholders of the Oregon and California Railroad, and his career as a railroad promoter in the Northwest was launched. He was president of the Northern Pacific Railroad, 1881-1884. V...

Villard, Fanny Garrison, 1844-1928

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Fanny Garrison Villard, daughter of the abolitionist William LLoyd Garrison, was a social reformer and champion of woman's suffrage and international peace. She married the journalist Henry Villard in 1866. After her husband's death in 1900 she devoted herself to such organizations as the NAACP, Diet Kitchen Association, and Women's Peace Society. From the description of Fanny Garrison Villard correspondence and papers, 1857-1928. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367604 ...

Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949

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Epithet: US journalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000429.0x000092 Villard, a journalist and author, was president of the New York Evening Post (1897-1918), editor and owner of The Nation (1918-1932), publisher and contributing editor of The Nation (1932-1935), a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and of Yachting Magazine, and owner of the Nautical Gazette. His father ...

Villard, Hilgard.

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Willard family.

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